Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2015
Maritime industry heavily depends on technology, a cyber attack against its infrastructure and systems could have dramatic consequences on our society. In a recent post, I talked about attacks targeting SCADA systems will increase, and our ports are among critical infrastructure that makes large use of such systems. Let’s consider that “almost 90% of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2015
Hackers steal money from Starbucks mobile customers using linked credit cards, nearly 16 million customers who use the company app are at risk. Starbucks is the last victim of scammers, cyber criminals are syphoning money from the credit or debit card linked to the customers’ Starbucks accounts. The attack is quite simple for fraudsters, the criminal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Security Researcher at CrowdStrike claims VENOM vulnerability leaves millions of virtual machines vulnerable to cyber attacks. A new security vulnerability dubbed VENOM (CVE-2015-3456) is threatening the security industry. The CrowdStrike Senior Security Researcher Jason Geffner who discovered the vulnerability explained that the flaw could be exploited by an attacker to compromise any machine is a data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Adobe issued an update to fix 52 flaws in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat products, that fortunately aren’t being publicly exploited in the wild. Adobe has released significant updates for its products Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat. The update was issued by the company to patch 52 vulnerabilities that according to Adobe aren’t being publicly exploited in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020 will be exposed to an increasing number of cyber threats. Until the end of 2020, experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices on the planet will be connected to the internet, and counting that the Internet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Several dozen Imperva Incapsula customers were targeted by a DDoS botnet comprised of tens of thousands of hijacked SOHO routers. Security experts at Incapsula firm spotted a DDoS botnet composed of tens of thousands of malware-infected Small Office / Home Office SOHO routers engaged in application layer HTTP flood attacks. The SOHO routers were infected with a strain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
British Law enforcement has published a collection of pictures showing the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. Law enforcement has shared a collection of images showing a last trend in the criminal underground, the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. These […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
Google Hangouts doesn’t implement end-to-end encryption, when users message or talk with someone on Hangoutsis exposing to Government Wiretapping. Edward Snowden has revealed how the US intelligence spy on communication worldwide, despite the market is offering solutions that promise to be “NSA-surveillance proof” the majority of people still use messaging apps like iMessage or Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
Quantum computing in credit cards introduces a new type of encryption (quantum cryptography) that will make magnetic strips and EVS solutions obsolete. Nowadays getting credit card credentials it’s not difficult and you don’t need to have technical skills, you can just buy them in the dark web, but that’s may change in the future thanks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security explained that the terrorism has entered a “new phase” and fears an escalation. The terrorism is probably the first concern for the US Government, the Americans fears a possible and imminent attack on the US soil. In an interview with ABC News, Jeh Johnson, the current United States Secretary of […]
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